“ And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. ”
Dan shall be like a lion which leaps forth from his covert in Bashan. Compare Song of Solomon 4:8 .
Deuteronomy 33. The Blessing of Moses. Of this poem (quite unconnected with the context) the following statements may be made: ( a) It was composed during the prosperous reign of Jeroboam II (786-...
Dan. Compare Genesis 49:16-18 .
22. And of Dan he said. He foretells that the tribe of Dan, like that of Gad, should be warlike, not so much from voluntary disposition, as from necessity; for their love of war was not to b...
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan - The Jewish interpreters observe that Bashan was a place much frequented by l...
Ver. 22. And of Dan he said — Moses seems here to prophesy, that part of this tribe, too closely confined within the bounds of the portion originally assigned them, would attack, like lions, t...
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. Dan is a lion's whelp, х quwr ( H6979 ) 'aryeeh ( H738 )] - a cub; differing from х kªpiyr ( H3715 )] a youn...
The Blessing of Moses This chapter contains the last words or 'swan-song' of Moses. Immediately before his death he takes farewell of the people, and blesses each of the tribes in turn, as Jacob h...
Dan is a lion’s whelp. — Jacob compared him to a serpent and an adder. The lion of the tribe of Dan is not like the lion of the tribe of Judah. He shall leap from Bashan. — The taking of Laish i...
(B) THE BLESSING OF MOSES Deuteronomy 33:1-29 Besides the farewell speeches and the farewell song, we have in this chapter yet another closing utterance attributed to Moses. Here, as in the cas...
Israel's Happy Future Promised Deuteronomy 33:18-29 Zebulun and Issachar, sons of Leah, were neighbors in Canaan, and, being on the seaboard, became wealthy by commerce. The calling of the...
Here we have the record of the final words of Moses to the nation. They also take the form of a song. Often he had set before the people cursing and blessing His last words were of blessing only. Fi...
Taking this blessing in a temporal sense, perhaps it might refer to the victories of Samson, who sprung from this tribe; or to the tribe itself, whose exploits are rehearsed. Judges 18:1 . But if we...
And of Dan he said ,.... Of the tribe of Dan, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: Dan [is] a lion's whelp ; or like one for boldness, strength, and courage; and was verified in Samson, who w...
And of Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. Ver. 22. He shall leap from Bashan, ] i.e., He shall suddenly set upon his enemies; as Ahithophel counselled Absalom, 2Sa...
A lion's whelp Courageous, and generous, and strong, and successful against his enemies. Which leapeth from Bashan Because there were many and fierce lions in those parts, whence they used to com...
THE BLESSING OF THE TRIBES (vs.1-29) Though Deuteronomy is a book largely of admonition, yet all admonition is finished by the end of Chapter 32:47, and Chapter 33 beautifully closes God's messag...
22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. 23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the L ORD : possess t...
Lion's whelp, i.e. courageous, and generous, and strong, and successful against his enemies. He shall leap from Bashan, or, which leapeth from Bashan ; for this clause seems not to belong to the...
Deuteronomy 33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, Who leaps forth from Bashan (or ‘from the viper'). Moses finds little inspiration in some of the tribes and cannot arouse any pr...
CRITICAL NOTES .—Moses now performs the last great act of life and blesses the tribes of Israel. “The blessing opens with a solemn conclusion of the covenant and giving of the law at Sinai, by which...
Deuteronomy 33:1 . Moses blessed Israel. Moses, like Jacob, died distinctly blessing the tribes of Israel, and finished his course in a manner worthy of himself. The tribe of Simeon is here omitte...
Dan is a lion’s whelp. Dan; or activity in conflict 1. The section in Moses’ blessing devoted to Dan offers three significant points of contrast with all the other sections of the poem. (1)...
EXPOSITION MOSES ' BLESSING . Before ascending Mount Nebo, to take a view of the land he was not permitted to cuter and then to die, Moses took farewell of the people he had so long guided an...
The Blessing of Moses. As the aged patriarch Jacob laid his blessing upon his sons in the form of prophecies, so Moses, before being gathered to his people, spoke a prophetic blessing upon the pe...
1 Chronicles 12:35 ; Genesis 49:16 ; Genesis 49:17 ; Joshua 19:47 ; Judges 13:2 ; Judges 13:24 ; Judges 13:25 ; Judges 14:19 ; Judges 14:6 ; Judges 15:15 ; Judges 15:8 ; Judges 16:30 ; J...
A lion's whelp — Courageous, and generous, and strong, and successful against his enemies. Which leapeth — From Bashan, because there were many and fierce lions in those parts, whence they used to...